The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-01-11

| at WyandoIte. There was large dilen-
dance of spectators, among whom were tide
wives and families of the train men killed
| in the wreck. Only a few witnesses were
examined up TO 1870 o'clock a. m, at
which time the prosecution rested. The
evidence given was mostly OF an unimport-
ant nature.
b. PALMER, CARPENTER,
at present residing in Iowa, but formerly
resident of ArmOurdale, was the hrst
witness called. He said he boarded with
r. II. Laws 10 April, and knew Hamilton,
who lived few feet west Of Mr.. Laws.
On the evening of April 20, while ne was
at the supper table, Hamilton came to the
back door and called MIR. Laws out and
talked to him in an undertOne. Hamilton
AGAIN came TO the back door between
5 and O'Clock the next morning and ask
ed for the key TO his hOu>e, which had
been given to Mrs. LAWS TO keep until ne
called for IL.
Cross-exanined by Major Warner, the
witness reiterated these statements.
W. RAYMOND
was next called, but was objected TO by the
defense because his name was not on the
1
by the court.
| John Ludhope was also objected to by
the counsel for the defense because his
name was endorsed on the information as
J. ]. Ludhope. The objection was also
sustained.
| WI. Mckenzie testified that he is q
wears of age and kept a news stand and
restaurant at No. 1919 West Sixth street
The Knights Of Labor hall is above his
place.
He saw Hamilton on April %. lie was
standing by a telegraph pole near his
place. 1t was between and 6 o'clock p.
70. Hamilton had on a rubber coat and
SLOUGH hat. He did not have wig on.
1t was not then raining.
J.J. WILLIAMS
testified that he was brakeman by Occu-
patton and was employed on the Union
,ci6c railway up to two weeks ago. In
April last he was working for the Missouri
. Pacific railway between Hiawatha and
kansas City,. On Sunday, April 18th, he
lief. Kansas City at Clio a. m. In charge
of train No. 50. He left Atchisoh at 100
in the evening and reached Kansas City
at ll:4O o'clock. Tie train made between
twenty and twenty-five miles an hour, be-
J tween Wyandotte and Cypress ards The
track was in a good condition when his
! train went around the curve. he went TO
! the wreck and saw that the spikes bad
been drawn and the hsh-plates taken on
J The witness was cross-examined by Mr..
Hutchins. He said the average rate OF
speed was fifteen miles an hour. he had
received no instructions as to the time he
2 should make that day. He had not been
7 instructed to run slow around the curve.
I The witness could not tell the exact time
he reached the wreck, but was certain 1t
vas between ten minutes TO seven and
seven o'clock. He saw Spaulding there
but could not identify anyone else.
THE STATE HAVING FINISHED
its testimony rested. The court announced
tn at the car reports and pay rolls intro
duced to show that Hamilton's handwrit'
!, ing was the same as that of the letters re-
. ceiyed by Mr.. Drake from the defendant
would be excluded.
Mr.. Hutchins and Major Warner argued
that the court should exclude from the
{ Jury all the papers from which the expert
formed his opinion that the anonymou:
note received BIZ Brother Alfred" was the
Handwriting of Hamilton. The court
i said that all the car reports and the pay
roll and the expert testimony based upon
!. them would be stricken out and not b'
considered by the jury.
AT THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
The defense stated that it expected t.
show that the wreck was accidental, the
result of the bad condition of the track
Second, that VoSSen's testimony and
o brother Alfred's, is not corrobOrated, snC
Third, to prove an alibi for the de
fendant Hamilton.
Three witnesses were then examined
They testified that the track was in a very
bad condition. The fact was developed
that two of them are Knights OF Labo
y and one is stopping at tn
2 house of one of the accused men.
[ Kansas City, Jan. 1.-The interest il
a the trial of Geo. II. Hamilton, the alleges
r train wrecker, shows no sign OF abatement
o The district court in Wyandotte was agar
r crowded this afternoon.
? Charles Jupp was the nrst witness callet
o to the stand. He testified that previous
n TO and after the wreck he was in the EN-
q ploy of the Missouri Pacific railway com
e pany, in the capacity of trackwslkeI
% Three or four DAYS previous TO the wrecl
D he reported to Mr. Randall, the section
S boss, that the track was in bad condition
e between the street car bridge in Wyan
IS dotte and the Cypress yards, and if it W
e not repaired there would be wreck there
N 1t was out of guage between the points
:. named an average of three-fourths OF al
= inch.
ii ON DISCRIMINATION THE
\ witness said the track in the vicinity of tn
: scene of the wreck was repaired three o
q four days before the wreck 1t was lei
i three-fourths of an inch out OF gusge be
= tween the street car bridge in Wyandott
:. and the Cypress yards. He noticed while
% walking the track before the wreck tina
4 many of the ties were decsyed at bot
n ends betFeen the points named, an